Politics

August 22, 2020
London’s famous Tower Bridge gets stuck in an open position

London's famous Tower Bridge, which crosses the River Thames in the heart of the British capital, was stuck open on Saturday, leaving traffic in chaos and onlookers amazed at the...

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August 22, 2020
London’s famous Tower Bridge gets stuck in an open position

London's famous Tower Bridge, which crosses the River Thames in the heart of the British capital, was stuck open on Saturday, leaving traffic in chaos and onlookers amazed at the...

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August 22, 2020
2 bodies found, 2 missing after explosion in Texas port

The bodies of two missing crew members of a dredging boat were found Saturday following an explosion a day earlier in the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas, according to...

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August 22, 2020
Computers, tablets in short supply in Wichita district

The Wichita school district has only received two-thirds of the computers and tablets it has ordered to equip students for distance learning because of worldwide supply chain problems caused by...

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August 22, 2020
US WeChat users sue Trump over order banning messaging app

Some U.S.-based users of WeChat are suing President Donald Trump in a bid to block an executive order that they say would effectively bar access in the U.S. to the...

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August 22, 2020
Loss of college football games a blow for Pullman businesses

The athletes weren't the only ones affected when Washington State University's fall football season was canceled by the coronavirus pandemic. Merchants in tiny Pullman, Washington, who depend on big football...

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August 22, 2020
Kansas commission adds LGBT nondiscrimination protections

The commission that enforces Kansas' nondiscrimination laws will begin hearing claims from people who allege they are being mistreated because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The Kansas Human...

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August 22, 2020
AP EXCLUSIVE: US faces back-to-school laptop shortage

Schools across the United States are facing shortages and long delays, of up to several months, in getting this year's most crucial back-to-school supplies: the laptops and other equipment needed...

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August 22, 2020
Ketamine that’s injected during arrests draws new scrutiny

Police stopped Elijah McClain on the street in suburban Denver last year after deeming the young Black man suspicious. He was thrown into a chokehold, threatened with a dog and...

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August 22, 2020
AP EXCLUSIVE: US faces back-to-school laptop shortage

Schools across the United States are facing shortages and long delays, of up to several months, in getting this year's most crucial back-to-school supplies: the laptops and other equipment needed...

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August 22, 2020
Seawalls shored up to protect 2 historic World’s Fair homes

Crews are shoring up seawalls that protect two historic World's Fair homes along Lake Michigan's northern Indiana shoreline from the lake's worsening erosion. The Wieboldt-Rostone House and the Florida Tropical...

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August 22, 2020
New carbon-plate boots give speed boost at Champions League

Designed after deconstructing track spikes, new lightweight soccer boots featuring carbon-fiber plates have been giving players a speedy edge at the Champions League finals. Serge Gnabry has three goals in...

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August 22, 2020
Popularity problem? Lititz’s reputation leads to challenges

This year's Fire & Ice Festival was a blur for Lititz candy shop owner Gary Garson. As tens of thousands of visitors swarmed downtown shops and Lititz Springs Park to...

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August 22, 2020
Ohio Republicans try to regroup in crucial state for Trump

Complications pummeled Ohio Republicans this week as they sought to put up a united front headed into the GOP's national convention. One of their best-known politicians threw his support behind...

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August 22, 2020
The bully pulpit: Trump pushes Washington, but virus resists

His face framed by the golden Oval Office curtains behind him, President Donald Trump stared straight into the camera aimed at the Resolute Desk. It was the night of March...

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August 22, 2020
Boozy strolls OK each night for rest of 2020 in Georgia city

Strolling through downtown Macon with a cocktail is no longer limited to Fridays. The Macon-Bibb County Commission has temporarily relaxed liquor laws to allow open containers of alcohol outside in...

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August 22, 2020
Pandemic adds risk to already dangerous job of firefighting

Jon Paul was leery entering his first wildfire camp of the year late last month to fight three lightning-caused fires scorching parts of a Northern California forest that hadn't burned...

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August 22, 2020
Tough choices for GOP over a Postal Service Trump belittles

Congressional Republicans in tight reelections are in a precarious position over the embattled Postal Service as its bosses impose cost-cutting measures on one of the government's few beloved agencies. And...

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August 22, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: What the Dems didn’t say, and what Trump did

Joe Biden and fellow Democrats spun an assortment of facts to their benefit in their national convention, omitting inconvenient truths such as Barack Obama's record of aggressive deportations and swift...

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August 22, 2020
Decline of US provides a chance to reshape international law, but this can’t happen while West always sees Russia as ‘the bad guy’

As the world order evolves, there should be an opportunity for countries to build new relationships. But as long as Western powers follow the tired US narrative that ‘Russia equals...

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August 22, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: What the Dems didn’t say, and what Trump did

Joe Biden and fellow Democrats spun an assortment of facts to their benefit in their national convention, omitting inconvenient truths such as Barack Obama's record of aggressive deportations and swift...

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August 22, 2020
Everything else has gone virtual, so why not? Art Basel announces fall shows

Like nearly everything else, the art world has gone virtual. Come fall, Art Basel will extend the online view rooms it launched in June with two new online editions featuring...

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August 22, 2020
My years in the police tell me some Islamic terrorists are likely reaching our shores in those rubber dinghies, I fear the worst

Among all the economic migrants flocking to the UK, I worry that there will be some former ISIS fighters who are hell-bent on revenge. Combine that with around 1,000 terrorists...

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August 22, 2020
Hurricane Phoenix is Tampa Bay’s worst-case scenario

It is only a simulation. It's also the worst-case scenario. One day, it could be reality. “Hurricane Phoenix” is the hypothetical disaster that would change life in the Tampa Bay...

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August 22, 2020
House holding rare Saturday vote on postal changes, funds

The House is convening for a rare Saturday session to address mail delivery disruptions, poised to pass legislation that would reverse recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations and send...

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August 22, 2020
The Latest: India cases inch closer to 3M, spread in south

NEW DELHI — India has recorded another 24-hour jump in coronavirus infections as the disease spreads across the country's southern states after plateauing in the capital and the financial center...

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August 22, 2020
House holding rare Saturday vote on postal changes, funds

The House is convening for a rare Saturday session to address mail delivery disruptions, poised to pass legislation that would reverse recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations and send...

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August 22, 2020
Group takes first steps to food autonomy for Carbondale

The Carbondale Spring community group has united three community gardens to streamline its mission to make Carbondale a food autonomous city. The seed that started the group's food autonomy project...

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August 22, 2020
‘The mystery is over’: What happened to ‘Lost Colony’

The English colonists who settled the so-called Lost Colony before disappearing from history simply went to live with their native friends — the Croatoans of Hatteras, according to a new...

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August 22, 2020
Asia Today: S Korea mulls stricter measures as virus spreads

South Korea has reported 332 new cases of the coronavirus, its ninth straight day of triple-digit increases, as government officials mull unprecedented economic restrictions to slow a resurgence that threatens...

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August 22, 2020
30 coronavirus cases in outbreak at Bremerton hospital

More than 30 COVID-19 cases have been reported in an outbreak at a Bremerton hospital, state health officials said. The Washington State Department of Health said Friday afternoon the outbreak...

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August 22, 2020
David Pecker out as CEO of National Enquirer parent company

David Pecker is stepping down as CEO of the National Enquirer's parent, ending a reign that saw the company entangled in a campaign-finance scandal that sent President Donald Trump's personal...

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August 22, 2020
DeSantis names Central Florida legislator to powerful state utility panel

Gov. Ron DeSantis named Central Florida real estate agent and legislator Michael La Rosa to the the Public Service Commission, putting his first mark on the powerful board that regulates...

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August 21, 2020
California wildfires some of largest in state history

Lightning-sparked wildfires in Northern California exploded in size Friday to become some of the largest in state history, forcing thousands to flee and destroying hundreds of homes and other structures...

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August 21, 2020
Seattle mayor to veto City Council’s cuts to police, budget

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said Friday she will veto City Council-approved proposals that would include reducing the police department by as many as 100 officers through layoffs and attrition. The...

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August 21, 2020
Sen. Paul suggests cutting days for rural postal deliveries

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul on Friday suggested cutting the number of days rural America receives postal deliveries to help shore up the financially ailing U.S. Postal Service. The Kentucky Republican...

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August 21, 2020
South Florida’s Realtors shrug off dip in July’s home sales. Pending transactions are up

Home sales in South Florida continue to fall short when compared to last year, according to a report issued Friday by the Miami Association of Realtors. But local real estate...

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August 21, 2020
After Trump helps crush ISIS, end Korea nuke tests and avoid new wars, Republican haters warn he ‘imperiled America’s security’

The mainstream media is giddy that a group of 70 neoconservative Republicans have joined together to blast President Donald Trump – as if reporters failed to notice the Never Trump...

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August 21, 2020
FBI investigating COVID-19 data breach in South Dakota

The FBI is investigating a data breach that may have compromised the identity of people with the COVID-19 virus in South Dakota. South Dakota Department of Public Safety Director Paul...

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August 21, 2020
National Black Economic conference examines how to build generational wealth

There's a road map to creating generational wealth, and for the 10th year in a row the National Black Economic Conference is convening business professionals to talk about it. This...

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